tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post1198245981456106316..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Time out!doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-11014461893166268842009-03-12T01:28:00.000-04:002009-03-12T01:28:00.000-04:00Today a visitor asked me where a pay phone was...I...Today a visitor asked me where a pay phone was...I had no idea. Finally we found one, but I was about to take him to my office area to use my cell phone.momomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877168968457924624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-39244241731110491712009-03-10T08:14:00.000-04:002009-03-10T08:14:00.000-04:00This will become one of the very rare moments that...This will become one of the very rare moments that I defend my home state. We don't have daylight savings time. Blame it on the southwest-cowboy-libertarian streak that runs through this state, but I think it's great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-73536060739332457702009-03-09T23:25:00.000-04:002009-03-09T23:25:00.000-04:00Even though I got up at 6:30 this morning, I don't...Even though I got up at 6:30 this morning, I don't think I really "woke up" until about 10:00. My students didn't seem very affected by it. I'll get used to it by the end of the week, I hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26342177807520803792009-03-09T21:53:00.000-04:002009-03-09T21:53:00.000-04:00I have to disagree with Leslie. I am very much loo...I have to disagree with Leslie. I am very much looking forward to reading your thoughts about vaccines.<BR/> <BR/>Interesting that heart attacks are more likely when we "spring ahead" and ease up when we "fall back."<BR/>Mornings have never been easy for me. I have always been a night owl, not the type to jump out of bed before the alarm clock rings. I find the first few mornings of daylight savings time especially difficult. <BR/>Try as I might, I am not able to fall asleep early enough to mitigate the effects of the earlier wake-up.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630103304646424890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26448672421373957422009-03-09T20:32:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:32:00.000-04:00Dear Kate,Hard to believe the NCLB tests start thi...Dear Kate,<BR/><BR/>Hard to believe the NCLB tests start this week--what were folks thinking? <BR/><BR/>I've heard the Zevon quote before, and it's clever, but I <I>really</I> like sleeping when I'm tired. <BR/><BR/>Dear Stratoz,<BR/><BR/>Mine more than made up for yours--they were zonked at 7:45 AM, woke up by 10. A good day, though, overall.<BR/><BR/>Dear John,<BR/><BR/>Every time you write, I want to steal something from you--living in a monastery without walls sounds ideal. Maybe we can form a club: The Self-Righteous Neo-Luddite Outdoor Monk Society.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-20509560260682048472009-03-09T20:24:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:24:00.000-04:00People call me crazy because I don't own a cell ph...People call me crazy because I don't own a cell phone or a watch, either. I don't use an alarm in the morning. My body wakes me up any time between four (in the summer) and five (in the winter) and I go to sleep when I'm tired. I have a prep period after lunch and if I feel like it, I take a nap on the couch in my classroom. Call me a self-righteous neo-Luddite, but I refuse to succumb to a mechanical universe. I'd rather live in a monastery without walls.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-38475110032261953132009-03-09T20:20:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:20:00.000-04:00nothing like the entire world filled with jet lagg...nothing like the entire world filled with jet lagged folk. actually my students were OK today????Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-33992925543010999362009-03-09T20:16:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:16:00.000-04:00My alarm went off at 5:45. I too was jolted awake...My alarm went off at 5:45. I too was jolted awake. I turned the alarm off and one minute later it was 6:15. Really. A blink. <BR/><BR/>The timing of this seems worse because I am sleep deprived from two days (and two nights) with the junior class on our social justice "retreat." And the elementary school students in my daughters' district have to start those high stakes NCLB mandated tests today. Where is the sense in that?<BR/><BR/>In the words of Warren Zevon:<I>I'll sleep when I'm dead.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com